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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a grant program to support the participation by certain |
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health care providers in TexasAIM. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 32, Health and Safety Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter C to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER C. TEXASAIM GRANT PROGRAM |
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Sec. 32.061. TEXASAIM GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In this section, |
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"TexasAIM" means the program established by the department in |
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collaboration with the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health |
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and the Texas Hospital Association to assist health care providers |
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in implementing maternal safety projects and decreasing incidents |
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of preventable maternal death and severe maternal morbidity by |
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applying best practices for maternal safety and improving maternal |
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health care. |
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(b) The department shall establish a grant program to |
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provide funding to health care providers who are located in rural or |
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medically underserved areas for travel and attendance costs |
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associated with attending TexasAIM collaborative learning |
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sessions. From available money and any additional money |
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appropriated for this purpose, the department shall award grants as |
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provided by this section. |
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(c) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish |
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eligibility criteria for awarding grants under this section. The |
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rules must require the department to consider: |
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(1) a geographical area's need for implementing |
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TexasAIM and the extent to which the grant would assist health care |
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providers in the area in meeting the identified need; |
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(2) the availability of other funding sources to meet |
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the identified need; and |
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(3) the participation by health care providers in |
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TexasAIM in the area. |
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(d) The department may approve grants according to |
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department rules. A grant awarded under this section is governed by |
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Chapter 783, Government Code, and rules adopted under that chapter. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2019, the executive |
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commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall |
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adopt the rules necessary to implement Section 32.061, Health and |
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Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |